“Jax,” the dive bar to which Desmond followed Charlie after Charlie was bailed out of jail (“Happily Ever After,” Ep. 6×11) is Anna Bananna’s (2440 S. Beretania St.), a renown college dive bar near the University of Hawaii. In the episode, the bar is depicted as being across the street from the Airport Courthouse, played by Hale Auhau. (continue reading…)

The fancy bar and restaurant where Sawyer met his blind date Charlotte (“Recon,” Ep. 6×08) was the Diamond Head Grill in The Lotus at Diamond Head hotel (2885 Kalakaua Ave., formerly the W Hotel) in Waikiki. (continue reading…)

The diner where Sawyer met with Hibbs, and where Kate’s mom, Diane, also surfaced (“The Long Con,” Ep. 2×13), is Bob’s Big Boy (2828 Paa St.). The restaurant was closed after a fire in April 2009 but the owners have said they plan to reopen. (continue reading…)

The waterfront bar where Ana Lucia and Dr. Shepherd parted company in Sydney (“Two for the Road,” Ep. 2×20), briefly bumping into Sawyer, was Fisherman’s Wharf at the end of Ward Ave. (1009 Ala Moana Blvd.). The locations crew put up a sign with reversed letters and a backwards stop sign, then flipped the film in order to create the illusion of right-hand drive cars. (continue reading…)

The restaurant where Sawyer and Jessica try to con her husband David (”Confidence Man,” Ep. 1×08) and where Achara dined with — and later tattooed — Jack in Thailand (”Stranger in a Strange Land,” Ep. 3×09) is Indigo Restaurant (1121 Nuuanu Ave.). (continue reading…)